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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Intuition Image structure rendering utilities
Keywords: rendered intuition image PostScript IFF
Message-ID: <1017@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 27 Mar 91 08:39:44 GMT
References: <1214@muleshoe.cs.utexas.edu> <768@tnc.UUCP> <1991Mar26.154335.16403@fwi.uva.nl>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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There are obviously two aspects in this issue: One, the general idea of
renderer utilities (appreciated, ok); two, the file format question.
For the latter, the great Guru says: ALWAYS USE IFF! Someone mentioned
ease of use on the Mac with its clipboard: Also the Amiga has a clipboard,
and the defined file format to use there is indeed IFF! So, why invent
again something new? Let every renderer utility work ONLY on IFF. Let
there be some conversion utilities for the few other formats existing,
plus to convert between HAM and plain palette and 24-bit modes. For
what would you need more???

BTW, is it the IFF that makes the Amiga clipboard the most unused
feature ever known?

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